You can reap savings as well as produce from your garden, or it can be a hole in the ground into which you pour money. The difference lies in your gardening style (e.g. using found objects vs. buying new, uniform materials), your willingness to work more rather than spend more (e.g. doing work by hand vs. buying expensive power tools), and your shopping habits (if you are the type of person who can't walk through Best Buy without dropping a grand on a new TV/home theater/computer/whatever or walk through the mall without getting at least three new designer outfits at Nordstrom, you probably won't be able to walk through the local garden center without dropping large amounts of cash on a new tractor/tiller/designer garden art/pile o' imported stone pavers either).

Since the economy is the news story these days (apart from the election, which I'm not about to address here - don't we all get enough politics elsewhere?), I think I'll write a post or two on frugal gardening. If you have some favorite frugal gardening tips or resources, drop me a comment and let me know.

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About the Authors

Rainy Day Gardening is brought to you by Meg and Janet, two librarians who like to play in the dirt.

Born and raised in Northern California, Janet started gardening when she was about 4 (mumble mumble years ago). After relocating to Portland, OR, she became a true rainy day gardener, gardening in the rainy Northwest for 14 years. In 2010, she picked up stakes (and other garden implements) and moved to Southern California, where rainy day gardening is a rarity. She now gardens on about 2/10 of an acre, growing vegetables, fruit, flowers, trees, shrubs, and a fine crop of weeds. Her interests include carnivorous plants, citrus, cottage gardening, her greenhouse, and anything edible.

Meg was born in South Carolina and raised all over the country (plus Japan!), but has been living in Seattle since 1992 and now considers it "home." She has only been gardening for about two years (just bought her first home) and is still in the learning stages. Her interests include bright colors, plants she can snack on while she's weeding, and learning how to keep things healthy and happy without using chemicals.